A Memorial Mass for Judy Nolan, age 91, of Spencer will be at 10:30 am on Friday, October 13, 2023 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Spencer with inurnment to follow in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Fr. Bernard Starman will officiate. Memorial Visitation will be from 9:30 am until the service time at the church on Friday. Memorials may be directed to her family for future designation. Arrangements are entrusted to Biglin's Mortuary in Spencer.

Judy Ellen Bailey was born on July 29, 1932, at Bonesteel, South Dakota to Elvin and Tracy (Janousek) Bailey. She grew up on the family ranch northwest of Bonesteel with her 14 siblings.

Judy married Norman "Dale" Nolan on November 25, 1949, at St. Anthony Church in Fairfax, South Dakota. To this union four children were born: Gary, John, Jerald, and Brenda. Judy and Dale raised their family on a farm north of Spencer, Nebraska.

Judy made a career of being a devoted farm wife and mother. She worked hard at keeping a well-groomed farmyard and took great pride in her flower gardening, needlework, crafting, photography, and genealogy hobbies. She greatly enjoyed her grandchildren and found joy in gathering her children and grandchildren at her home on all of the holidays. Judy was a faithful member of Spencer's St. Mary Church and Altar Society.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 73 years, Dale Nolan of Butte; sons, Gary (Marge) Nolan of Butte, John (Jan) Nolan of Spencer; 11 grandchildren, Hillori (Todd) Junge, Brian (Kassandra) Nolan, Steven (Lisa) Nolan, Abby ( Mike) Birkel, Douglas (Emily) Nolan, Tamra (Jasper) Day, William (Sara) Nolan, Amber (T'Jae) Estes, Adam Nolan, Ashley (Jeff) Herman, Nolan Wickersham; siblings, Eben (Patty) Bailey, Ruth (Gary) Lundberg, Gayle (Harriet) Bailey, Earl (Tootie) Bailey, Leah (Roy) England, Sherrill Kinzie, Fred (Marilyn) Bailey, and Don (Gay) Bailey; sisters-in-law, Karen Bailey and Margaret Ann Bailey; brother-in-law, Elden Nolan; 17 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Judy was preceded in death by her children, Jerald Nolan in 2015 and Brenda Wickersham in 2018; her parents, Elvin and Tracy Bailey; her sisters, Mary Ballard, Dorothy Ferguson, Nola Nolan, and Elizabeth Hoffman; and brothers Marvin and Richard Bailey.